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"&amp;lt;vc&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;A new rumor claims that Apple's next-generation mobile operating system, iOS 5, won't run on the iPhone 3GS first released in 2009 and still sold as the entry-level iPhone.&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;\r\n\r\nThe claims stem from a &amp;lt;a href=\"http://twitter.com/#!/eldarmurtazin/status/72934581380198400\"&amp;gt;Twitter post&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; from &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Mobile-Review.com&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; editor Eldar Murtazin, which was first &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.macstories.net/news/rumor-iphone-3gs-wont-get-ios-5/\"&amp;gt;discovered by&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;MacStories&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;. If true, it would mean that those who take advantage of the current &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/01/10/apple_follows_att_drops_official_us_iphone_3gs_price_to_49.html\"&amp;gt;$49 U.S. price&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; of the iPhone 3GS could be out of luck with iOS 5 launches.\r\n\r\n\"Just one comment,\" Murtazin wrote. \"Apple iPhone 3Gs wont be upgradable to iOS 5.x. iPhone 4 will.\"\r\n\r\nThat would be a change from last year, when iOS 4 was ported to the iPhone 3G, a device that first became available in 2008. While iPhone 3G users were able to upgrade to iOS 4, the software still had &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/22/inside_ios_4_missing_features_for_iphone_3g_users.html\"&amp;gt;missing features&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; due to the slower hardware, like multitasking and background wallpaper.\r\n\r\nBut iOS 4 on the iPhone 3G had its share of problems. In late July, Apple was compelled to &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/07/28/apple_looking_into_ios_4_problems_on_iphone_3g.html\"&amp;gt;publicly respond&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; after iPhone 3G users reported performance issues with iOS 4.\r\n\r\niOS 4.1, released &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/09/03/ios_4_1_on_iphone_3g_shows_marked_improvement_in_speed_test.html\"&amp;gt;last September&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;, showed improvements in speed and performance, and they were boosted again in November with the release of &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/11/08/test_shows_apples_ios_4_2_further_improves_iphone_3g_performance.html\"&amp;gt;iOS 4.2&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;. However, starting with iOS 4.3, iPhone 3G users have &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/01/12/apple_issues_ios_4_3_beta_with_personal_hotspot_new_multitouch_gestures.html\"&amp;gt;not had access&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; to the latest software updates.\r\n\r\n&amp;lt;div align=\"center\"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=\"http://photos.appleinsider.com/3gs-110110.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"407\" height=\"386\" alt=\"3GS\" /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;\r\n\r\nMurtazin incorrectly reported &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/12/29/apple_to_add_usb_port_to_next_generation_ipad_rumor.html\"&amp;gt;in December&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; that Apple would add a USB port to its next-generation iPad. The iPad 2 launched &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/03/02/apple_announces_ipad_2_with_new_design_faster_a5_processor.html\"&amp;gt;in March&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;, and retained the same 30-pin iPod dock connector as its primary input method.\r\n\r\nWhile the iPhone 4 is Apple's most popular handset, the iPhone 3GS is still a strong seller for the company. Earlier this month, it was revealed that the iPhone 3GS &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/05/09/previous_gen_apple_ipad_iphone_3gs_often_outsell_new_android_devices.html\"&amp;gt;often outsells&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; new, competing handsets that run the Google Android mobile operating system."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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